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I have started a list of a few works that I recommend. Some may be available to check out from me or in the library. Read a good history book lately that you would like to recommend to the class? LMK Suggested readings and text from which I will draw class material over the course of the year: The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor (Paperback) by David S. Landes. An interesting read that has drawn both critical praise and considerable ire. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback) by Jared M. Diamond. One of my favorite works. I consider this a must read for the study of societal evolution. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Paperback) by Jared Diamond. Perhaps not the tour de force of GGS, but a very interesting examination of our past and perhaps our future. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Roughcut) by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner. The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover) by Thomas L. Friedman. Read this book and then have a hard think about what you need to do not to be left behind. Cracking the AP European History Exam, 2006-2007 Edition (College Test Prep) (Paperback) by Princeton Review Modern European History (Paperback) by Birdsall S. Viault What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England (Paperback) by Daniel Pool " |